Leclerc's Ferrari during the F1 Japanese GP
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Drivers divided on changing DRS settings after Doohan’s F1 Japanese GP shunt

Among the whole drivers grid a heated DRS discussion was prompted by Jack Doohan’s F1 Japanese GP crash. What went wrong? The crash, which had happened during FP2, took place because of the Alpine driver manually activating the DRS ahead of the first turn of Suzuka. Doohan had previously tried it on the simulator while…

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Doohan driving for Alpine during the F1 Japanese GP
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Doohan lacking confidence in high speed corners at Suzuka after huge F1 Japanese GP practice crash

The F1 Japanese GP truly hasn’t gone according to plan so far for Alpine driver Jack Doohan. In fact, the Australian rookie driver had suffered an incredibly strong crash during yesterday’s FP2, his first on track session after sitting out FP1 in favour of Ryo Hirakawa. The matter strongly impacted his track time of the…

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Alpine are still optimistic about qualifying on Saturday after massive setback from Jack Doohan's FP2 crash at the F1 Japanese GP on Friday
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Alpine optimistic about qualifying despite Doohan’s massive FP2 crash at F1 Japanese GP

Although Alpine kicked off their race weekend at the F1 Japanese GP in high spirits with reserve driver Ryo Hirakawa impressing his home crowd and team principal Oliver Oakes in his rookie FP1 session, their fortunes took a turn for the worse as Jack Doohan suffered a massive high-speed crash during the second practice session…

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Liam Lawson in the Japanese Grand Prix paddock
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Former Red Bull F1 juniors break silence on Liam Lawson demotion

Liam Lawson struggled immensely throughout the opening two rounds of the world championship alongside Max Verstappen at Red Bull, leading to Yuki Tsunoda getting an opportunity at the F1 Japanese GP. The New Zealander failed to start from the grid in both Australia, China, and the Sprint in Shanghai as Lawson lacked confidence alongside the…

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Alpine F1 Driver Jack Doohan
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Alpine’s Jack Doohan discusses rising fame after joining the F1 grid

Jack Doohan was elevated to a full-time seat at Alpine for the 2025 F1 season after demonstrating outstanding performances in the junior categories. Doohan secured P2 in the 2021 FIA Formula 3 Championship, behind current Indy NXT driver Dennis Hauger. The Australian moved up to Formula 2 and finished P3 in 2023, securing three wins,…

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Jack Doohan and Pierre Gasly driving the Alpine A525 during Qualifying at the 2025 Chinese GP.

Gasly: “We’ll just have to do a better job than the others” after Alpine Q1 exit at F1 Chinese GP

It was a disappointing Saturday at the 2025 F1 Chinese GP for BWT Alpine F1 Team’s Pierre Gasly and Jack Doohan with both drivers failing to score points during the Sprint Race before being knocked out in the first round of Qualifying. The morning’s Sprint Race brought disappointing results for Alpine, with rookie driver Doohan…

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Alpine and Australian driver Jack Doohan has picked up a 10-second penalty after the F1 Chinese GP Sprint following a collision with Sauber driver Gabriel Bortoleto.
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Jack Doohan handed post-Sprint penalty at F1 Chinese GP for collision with Bortoleto

Alpine and Australian driver Jack Doohan has picked up a 10-second penalty after the F1 Chinese GP Sprint following a collision with Sauber driver Gabriel Bortoleto. A last lap collision at turn 14 Throughout the F1 Chinese GP Sprint race, Bortoleto was involved in a good few wheel-to-wheel tussles, while Doohan got a nice bump…

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